a condition of immigration to ANY country should be that you become the biggest caricature of that country's people you can be

But they were all of them deceived, for 11 more days of Christmastide remained.

the Falkland Islands are such a good scaled-down fantasy world map, it's unreal. it has everything: the split continent with an island-filled narrow passage, twisty peninsulas, a strategic isthmus, a "sunset isles" out west, big inland seas, a high arid plateau, etc.

This issue of Calvin and Hobbes lives rent-free in my mind

One thing that has put me off of self driving cars just as an aesthetic matter is just how often my VW thinks it knows better than I do. Can’t remote start the car because the coolant is a little low, which I already knew. Can’t use the key fob to unlock the passenger side door

this is probably my favorite christmas comic (1982). intentional or not, i enjoy that it can also be extended into a theological and historical metaphor.

I did it! 120 books read this year.

confirmation bias is so scary because you see it literally everywhere

what it was like writing this post:

Lmao, this reminded me of my favorite Kafkatrap:

Why did you edit out the Oviraptor?

January 1st in 1953, at the age of 29, Hank Williams took his final ride going through the Heart of Appalachia. He performed, what would be his final show, at the Elite Cafe in Montgomery on December 28th. He was supposed to play a show in Charleston, WV but canceled due to the

this actually includes "if women would just..." and "if men would just..."

how it feels to post on here as the world descends into chaos:

I wish there was a pithy phrase that meant "I hear that you think this. I neither agree nor disagree. This is your thought, and I really have nothing to do with it."

Ellie My dad was a corrections officer who cannot be baited. He just says “it sounds like you feel pretty strongly about this.”

That’s just moralslop. you’re only acting justly because it’s the right thing to do

You may have heard that St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland, but this is likely legendary. He lived in the 5th century, long before the invention of cars.

The concept of Catamites implies the existence of opposite polarity Anamites and suggests they may react when connected through a semi-permeable membrane